Android RecyclerView Adapter DataBinding - cannot find symbol {layout}BindingImpl

Question

I have a Fragment that displays a list of cities with weather informations. I am using a RecyclerView and I am trying to implement the Data Binding Library in my RecyclerView Adapter but for some reason I get this compile error :

> error: cannot find symbol import 
         com.example.zach.weatherapp.databinding.CityListItemBindingImpl;
>                                               ^   
> symbol:   class CityListItemBindingImpl   
> location: package com.example.zach.weatherapp.databinding

It's an auto generated class so i really don't know where the error is. I had the same error previously for other layouts when there was someting wrong in the xml file but here it seems fine.

ForecastAdapter.kt

package com.example.zach.weatherapp.Adapter

import ...

class ForecastAdapter(var myDataset: List<City>) :
    RecyclerView.Adapter<ForecastAdapter.ForecastViewHolder>() {

    var context:Context?=null
    // Provide a reference to the views for each data item
    // Complex data items may need more than one view per item, and
    // you provide access to all the views for a data item in a view holder.
    class ForecastViewHolder(var binding: CityListItemBinding) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(binding.root){
        fun bind(city: City){
            binding.city = city
        }
    }


    // Create new views (invoked by the layout manager)
    override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup,
                                    viewType: Int): ForecastAdapter.ForecastViewHolder {

        context = parent.context
        val layoutIdForListItem = R.layout.city_list_item
        val inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context)
        val shouldAttachToParentImmediately = false

        val binding = DataBindingUtil.inflate<CityListItemBinding>(inflater,layoutIdForListItem,parent,shouldAttachToParentImmediately)
        //val view = inflater.inflate(layoutIdForListItem, parent, shouldAttachToParentImmediately)

        return ForecastViewHolder(binding)
    }

    // Replace the contents of a view (invoked by the layout manager)
    override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: ForecastViewHolder, position: Int) {

        val city = myDataset[position]
        holder.bind(city)

        Glide.with(context)
            .load("http://openweathermap.org/img/w/${city.weather[0].icon}.png")
            .into(holder.binding.forceastImageView)
        holder.binding.container.setOnClickListener{ view: View ->
            Timber.d("Clicked on city %s",city.name)
            Navigation.findNavController(view).navigate(ListFragmentDirections.actionListFragmentToForecastDetailsFragment(city.id))}
    }

    // Return the size of your dataset (invoked by the layout manager)
    override fun getItemCount() = myDataset.size
}

city_list_item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <data>
        <variable name="city" type="com.example.zach.weatherapp.data.City"/>
    </data>

    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
       android:orientation="horizontal"
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:id="@+id/container">

        <TextView
                tools:text="Caen"
                android:text="@{city.name}"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/city_name_textview"
                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="16dp" app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
                android:fontFamily="@font/roboto_light" android:textSize="22sp" android:textStyle="bold"
                android:maxLines="1" android:ellipsize="end"/>
        <TextView
                tools:text="Sunny"
                android:text="@{city.weather[0].description}"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/city_forecast_textview" app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
                android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
                app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/city_name_textview" android:fontFamily="@font/roboto_light"
                android:layout_marginBottom="16dp" app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"/>
        <ImageView
                android:layout_width="48dp"
                android:layout_height="48dp" app:srcCompat="@drawable/sunny"
                android:id="@+id/forceast_imageView" android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
                app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
                app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.562"
                android:layout_marginEnd="32dp" app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/temperatures_layout"/>
        <LinearLayout
                android:orientation="vertical"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/temperatures_layout"
                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent" android:layout_marginEnd="16dp" android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
                app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
                app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
            <TextView
                    tools:text="15°"
                    android:text="@{city.main.temp_max}"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/max_temperature_textview"
                    android:fontFamily="@font/roboto_light"
                    tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="17dp" tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="313dp"/>
            <TextView
                    tools:text="9°"
                    android:text="@{city.main.temp_min}"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:id="@+id/min_temperature_textview"
                    android:fontFamily="@font/roboto_light" tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="45dp"
                    tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="321dp" android:layout_gravity="right"/>
        </LinearLayout>
    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</layout>

It might just be an Android Studio error because the xml file seems fine.

UPDATE : Error seems to come from Xml. I removed the android:text="@{city.xxx}" in my xml layout and instead updated my textViews manually in my ViewHolder bind method like so :

fun bind(boundCity: City){
        with(binding){
            cityNameTextview.text = boundCity.name
            cityForecastTextview.text = boundCity.weather[0].description
            maxTemperatureTextview.text = "${boundCity.main.temp_max}°"
            minTemperatureTextview.text = "${boundCity.main.temp_min}°"

            Glide.with(root.context)
                .load("http://openweathermap.org/img/w/${boundCity.weather[0].icon}.png")
                .into(forceastImageView)

            container.setOnClickListener{ view: View ->
                Timber.d("Clicked on city %s",boundCity.name)
                Navigation.findNavController(view).navigate(ListFragmentDirections.actionListFragmentToForecastDetailsFragment(boundCity.id))}
        }
    }

And I no longer get the error. The error comes whenever I add android:text="@{city.xx}" in my textviews and bind the city variable in the bind method. I still don't know why though....

clear and rebuild your project or invalidate cache and restart android studio. — Erselan Khan
– Erselan Khan, Commented Feb 5, 2019 at 16:05
You should check this explained answer stackoverflow.com/a/51579759/6891563 — Khemraj Sharma
– Khemraj Sharma, Commented Feb 12, 2019 at 12:15
having same problem, when using two-way databinding but I noticed if I place a data class instead of a viewmodel here than it builds fine — ateebahmed
– ateebahmed, Commented Mar 23, 2019 at 21:22

Blue Jones · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-05 16:26:40Z

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This should work for you I believe;

class ForecastAdapter(private var myDataset: List<City>) : RecyclerView.Adapter<ForecastAdapter.ForecastViewHolder>() {

override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): ForecastAdapter.ForecastViewHolder {
    val itemBinding = CityListItemBinding.inflate(LayoutInflater.from(parent.context), parent, false)
    return ForecastViewHolder(itemBinding)
}

override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: ForecastViewHolder, position: Int) {
    val city = myDataset[position]
    holder.bind(city)
}

override fun getItemCount() = myDataset.size

inner class ForecastViewHolder(var binding: CityListItemBinding) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(binding.root){

    fun bind(boundCity: City){
        with(binding) {
        city = boundCity
        Glide.with(root.context)
                .load("http://openweathermap.org/img/w/${city.weather[0].icon}.png")
                .into(forceastImageView)

        container.setOnClickListener { view ->
            Timber.d("Clicked on city %s", city.name)
            Navigation.findNavController(view).navigate(ListFragmentDirections.actionListFragmentToForecastDetailsFragment(city.id))
        }
    }
}

answered Feb 5, 2019 at 16:26

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Zach Sao Over a year ago

I tried your approach but I still get the same error

Pabi Moloi · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-07 06:00:27Z

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Hey you could try adding the following line after the <data> tag :

<import type="android.view.View" />

I found that worked for me when I had that error.

edited Feb 7, 2019 at 6:00

answered Feb 5, 2019 at 17:52

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Zach Sao Over a year ago

What line and what tag ?

Pabi Moloi Over a year ago

Hey Zach, the edit was way off dont know what happend. But i fixed it. Hope it helps :)

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